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van Bentum vs Hoogenband

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van BentumWinner
84.4

van Bentum wins: Longevity, Statistics

Hoogenband
84.3

Hoogenband wins: Dominance, Peak

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇳🇱 Conny van Bentum
84.4

van Bentum leads in 3 of 5 weighted categories. Won Olympic relay bronze in 1988 across four Olympic appearances.

1. Conny van Bentum
84.4
2. Pieter van den Hoogenband
84.3

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇳🇱 Conny van Bentum5 seasons played · career day 1,826323 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇳🇱 Pieter van den Hoogenband5 seasons played · career day 2,1919 major golds
-97.2% vs van Bentum at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇳🇱 van Bentum0050107244668
🇳🇱 Hoogenband0000614

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

Metricvan BentumRetiredHoogenbandRetired
Olympic medals17
European Championship medals5
Olympic appearances4
World Championship medals2
Dutch titles20
Olympic golds3
World titles4
World records2
100m freestyle best (sec)47.84
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%8890
Longevity w20%8478
Honours w20%8484
Statistics w15%8886

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GOAT Rank · the data
van Bentum84.4
Hoogenband84.3
The people
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